Cover: The Goldies 2003
Once again, you picked the best of Santa Cruz to be honored with the one and only Goldies Award for 2003. Nice work!

By Any Means Necessary: In this issue honoring the best this area has to offer, Metro Santa Cruz salutes a few of the heroes in our community who give peace a chance in their own--sometimes unusual--ways, by working for positive social change every day.

The Kids Are All White: Local musician David Beaudry takes his acclaimed gang-prevention work in a controversial direction, reaching out to white-supremacist kids and granting Metro Santa Cruz a truly shocking interview.

Tuft Enough: With two EPs, their own radio show and a huge teenage following, the Expendables are finally getting the 'bus respect' they deserve.

Taylor Made: Once best-known as the rock genius behind 'Wild Thing,' Chip Taylor returns to music to discover he's the darling of alt-country. Also: Taylor recalls how he came up with the riffs for 'Wild Thing.'

You Go, Grill!: With its new Spanish menu, the Almar Grill will change the way you think about eating--and anchovies.

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